Astragalus parnassi, Boiss.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 117

63. A. parnassi Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 2 (9): 80 (1849).

Forming large hemispherical tussocks. Leaves 1 -5-7 cm; leaflets 5—8(— 15) pairs, 5-10 x 1 -3 mm, linear-lanceolate to elliptical; stipules glabrous or subglabrous. Bracts linear-oblanceolate; bracteoles almost as long as calyx, linear-subulate, villous like the calyx. Calyx 10-12 mm, the teeth about as long as the tube. Corolla purplish or pink, rarely yellowish; standard with ovate limb. S. part of Balkan peninsula; Calabria. Al Gr It Ju Tu.

1 Leaflets moderately hairy on both surfaces, the terminal pair shorter than terminal spine of leaf (c) subsp. cylleneus

1 Leaflets sparsely hairy beneath, glabrous above, the terminal pair longer than terminal spine of leaf

2 Standard14-17 mm (a) subsp. parnassi

2 Standard 18-24 mm (b) subsp. calabrus